Chapter 43: The Begging Festival
July is known as the month of "Joy and Prosperity". "Seven" and "auspicious" homonym, "seven seven" has the meaning of double auspicious, is an auspicious day.
The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the Qiqiao Festival.
In the folk, Vega has long evolved into a mythical goddess, and is known as the Seven Sisters, Tianxian Niangniang, Seven Star Niangniang, etc., which is a weaver of clouds and a textile industry, and is the protector of lovers, women and children.
In some small towns, there are also daughters' houses who see the gold box opened, and they are so happy that they laugh endlessly......
On the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet at the bridge, which comes from people's worship of natural celestial phenomena. In ancient times, people corresponded to each other between astronomical star regions and geographical regions, and this correspondence was called "dividing stars" in astronomy and "dividing fields" in geography.
Regarding the specific geographical division on the ground corresponding to the astronomical starry sky area of the "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", it has been recorded in the "Hanshu Geographical Chronicles" that the land of Guangdong (Yue), the division of Morning Glory (Cowherd) and Wunu (Weaver Girl) is also divided into Guangdong.
It was supposed to be a good day to visit the temple fair, tie ribbons, and travel in the same city, but on the second floor of the Rongsheng ticket number, the men on the first floor gathered early, and they were talking about tonight's lottery with great interest.
Taking advantage of this seven or seven auspicious days, the promotion ticket number opened a lottery, named six and lottery, said that the six and the lottery, just bet on a paper. Whether it's a silver ticket, a house deed or something else, there are all kinds of conjectures for a while.
This six and color is not simpler than the small color on weekdays, Rongsheng ticket number because of its high operating turnover efficiency and quite a lot of business, especially the blue eyes of businessmen, discounting, exchange, deposits, credit certificates, investment and other activities are particularly good.
As long as there is a group activity of competitive lottery, the promotion ticket number is not out, and it is enough to ensure that it is generous. Since there is one of the three unique tickets in the capital to be the east, for those who often win, there is no need to worry about whether the gains outweigh the losses if they vote big.
According to the convention, as soon as the color head comes out, the eyes of those who see it are red.
However, the latest issue of this promotion ticket number released the color head, it was two years ago, and it was really hard to find.
For a while, there were different opinions, and they were all very interested in this Liuhe color.
"Do you really want to bet on this six-sum lottery?"
Song Zhixi tilted his body, leaned his arm on Feng Zheng's shoulder, supported his chin with his elbow, sneered, and replied with a little smoke and dust, "Of course." β
She really wanted to get involved, and it was necessary for her to do whatever she wanted to do in the future.
"Tell me, how can there be any excitement that I dare not join?" Song Zhixi quietly looked at the various characters around him, trying in vain to identify one or two.
Others don't know, but she has gossip about it.
The promotion ticket number is in the name of Liuhecai, under the banner of gambling, but it is actually to bid secretly.
Today's scene is just to take advantage of the opportunity of the festival to select the characters they have designated earlier, and these internal candidates are all those with strong backgrounds and strengths.
It is no wonder that in the past few days, they have privately released bidding information and bidding projects to them.
Tonight, I made full preparations this time, and I was waiting for the few people who were determined to bid for the bid.
The strength of the inner decider is generally almost the same, so it is feasible for them to give birth to any lucky person from it, and as for who will end up with the flowers, there is really a sense of gambling on luck.
Otherwise, they specially opened this Mark Six lottery, which is a little less interesting, isn't it?
After all, in the capital, although the water is deep, there are many people with comparable strength. However, the strength of some characters should not be underestimated, and they are not at the same level as the local businessmen.
There is no way to know how many families are doing ordinary business, but in fact they are hidden families......
However, it is precisely because of the depth of the water that many officials and eunuchs in the capital, wealthy merchants, and even people who wander around the market are reluctant to reveal their true background and strong family background.
Blatantly bidding in the name of competitive bidding will not only expose the bidder's financial resources, but also inevitably leak personal information.
Although this kind of disadvantage is not only unimportant to some people in the state capital and small land, but also can give their own family face and make themselves famous within a radius of hundreds of miles, but for most of the families in the capital, there is only one word to describe it:
The tree is a big move.
Not only competitors, but even the palace will be wary of them and deliberately suppress them.
Maybe for some reason, give them a sweet taste first, and then come a warm boiled frog tomorrow, and make a containment to catch people off guard.
This is the usual method of the superiors.
No one dares to take risks.
But in other words, since it can't be exposed publicly, why bother so much, can't you just bid privately?
The mind of the superior is particularly elusive, who can say that watching from the wall and playing with people in applause is not the owner of the promotion ticket number who has a teasing heart?
But Rongsheng ticket number is a person who dares to lose face, and if their owner wants to play such a play, they have to do it!
A lottery has become the best arrangement.
"Would you do these? But...... How do you play with this lottery? Feng Zheng asked.
"I'll see later."
Song Zhixi's expression was as usual, there was no clue on his face, and Feng Zheng lost interest and didn't explore further.
Although most of the people present were men, there were still a few women who could be seen scattered, but there were only a few, and they wore crowns and short robes, all dressed as men.
And the girls like those who are wandering around in skirts and mingling in are rarely seen, and they attract the attention of the surroundings from time to time.
"Six games compete for good luck, and the gold plate is open to thousands of people." As soon as the greeting came out, the audience fell silent.
One of the directors of the ticket number came to the stage, and the eyes of the audience instantly converged, "Thanks to all of you, today's Mark Six lottery is issued on the spot, free betting." β
The head beckoned, and the attendants set the table all the way, and there was a seat in the east, west, south and north.
"In the first game, the old rules remain the same. You are free to bet, three taels of silver, one person is only allowed to hold one, a total of 22 types of color bars, five of which have prizes. β
"Five Items! Such a high winning rate? This Mark Six lottery seems to be a kind of open lottery! β
The open lottery is different from the single lottery in that it has a scattered header and a higher winning rate. However, it is unknown whether each of these scattered jackpots is worth the same amount, and of course, the proprietor has nothing to say.
That's where the fun comes in.
Long-eared rabbit, night civet cat, white ground fox, Zaozhuang horse...... There are a total of 22 types of color bars, and the color bars are named with some words, which means that the moment is interesting and playful.
Song Zhixi summoned a small servant who had been appointed in advance and whispered a few words in his ear.
"Hurry up."
When the little guy came back, Song Zhixi already had an extra color bar in his hand.
The stamps of the promotion ticket numbers are printed on the corners of the color bars, and a stick figure of birds on the strip is particularly pretty.
The head of the color bar is the word silver sparrow.
"Yo, little girl, don't you go out to worship the embroidery girl and visit the temple fair, come here to gamble? β¦β¦ What did you pick? A bearded man approached.
Song Zhixi raised his forearm and showed the color bar, so that the man could see it.
"Seven-tailed phoenix, middle."
"Silver-skinned mouse, medium."
β¦β¦
At this moment, the newspaper man shouted four times in a row, and the bearded man then showed sympathetic glances at her.
Song Zhixi's raised hand was still in the air, and he didn't intend to withdraw it.
As if just waiting.
The last color was shouted.
"Silverflock, medium."
Song Zhixi smiled, then withdrew her hand, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked under the cover of the veil, expressing her sudden surprise at the moment, without the slightest surprise.
"Y-You're really lucky." Dahan dropped a sentence, let out a sigh of annoyance, shook the "Zaozhuang Horse" in his hand and turned around and walked away.
The person who won one of the five colors has already arranged to receive the prize directly, but some of the lottery heads still have to be carried out, such as the one holding the seven-tailed phoenix, and directly enter the next game.
"Gather here at the Silver Sparrow!"
Seeing this, Song Zhixi turned sideways to Feng Zheng and said, "You can rest here, and I'll be back in a while." β
"Song Zhixi, don't forget your righteousness, let's go to enjoy the river lanterns in a while."
Song Zhixi gestured, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
β¦β¦
Song Zhixi looked at the crowd, all of them won the "jackpot" of the silver bird, and some of them must be the bidders who were determined this time.
But......
She was very curious, and there were many people like her who got in by "luck", and they ...... How exactly are you going to sift out these irrelevant people?
Hehe, wait and see.
It is obviously not a coincidence that the director personally presided over their scene.
"Brothers, I would like to say congratulations and thanks in advance for entering this game. Don't say much politely, the end game is to touch the ticket, there are a number of ticket samples in the dark box, which is mixed with a number of empty tickets, each ticket is distinguished by the number of bids above. β
"In the box, there is only one that is the most special, which is the final lottery of Mark Six. No matter who wins the championship in the end, the owner has a word, and Rongsheng is still willing to befriend him, but success or failure depends on luck, and I hope you will be relaxed. β
Song Zhixi summed up this incisively: I am willing to gamble and lose and resign myself to fate, you see, I am fair, who is rare of your silver bills? Lao Tzu just wants to decorate the faΓ§ade with another layer of backstage, and those who can afford to play will follow, and those who can't afford to play will leave as soon as possible.
When she reached in and fumbled, Linglong's mind turned, and she poked around the wooden box. As he skimmed over the top corner of the box, his fingertips touched a small strand of silk.
She didn't show it on her face, just pulled it gently.
There is a dark compartment at the top of the box.
She took out a few paper strips from the dark compartment, and in several strips, she used her fingertips to grind one by one, but she couldn't find which one was of different material.
Is it really to let these people who know the inner destiny of the existence of the secret grid gamble on luck?
But what she wants is to be successful.
Song Zhixi gritted his teeth, pulled all the notes down, and made a mess by the way.
She quickly took out one casually, and smiled apologetically at the people waiting for her in the back line, "Hehe, I can't figure out why I touch it for a long time." β
Others squinted at her and quipped, "Haha, how can you be so naΓ―ve!" β
Song Zhixi put his hand in his sleeve and remained silent on the side.